These programs are funded by MLAC offer high quality legal assistance to low-income Massachusetts residents with civil legal problems involving issues such as:
- Domestic violence
- Child custody and support
- Unfair denial of wages
- Health care or government benefits
- Housing
- Elder issues
With limited exceptions, clients must be elderly or have income below 125 percent of the federal poverty line to qualify for MLAC-funded assistance. A family of four, for example, must have an income of no more than $510 per week. By law, MLAC distributes funds to local civil legal aid programs in proportion to the number of income-eligible people living in each region.
Center for Law and Education
99 Chauncy Street, Suite 402
Boston, Massachusetts 02111
617-451-0855
Fax: 617-451-0856
Center for Public Representation
22 Green Street
Northampton, Massachusetts 01060
413-587-6265
413-586-5711
Children's Law Center of Massachusetts
298 Union Street, 2nd Floor
P.O. Box 710
Lynn, Massachusetts 01903
781-581-1977
Fax: 781-59-/9364
Disability Law Center
11 Beacon Street, Suite 925
Boston, Massachusetts 02108
617-723-8455
Fax: 617-723-9125
Greater Boston Legal Services
197 Friend Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02114
617-371-1234
Fax: 617-371-1222
Legal Assistance Corporation of Central Massachusetts
405 Main Street, 4th Floor
Worcester, Massachusetts 01608
508-752-3722
Fax: 508-752-5918
Massachusetts Advocates for Children
25 Kingston Street, 2nd Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02111
617-357-8431
Fax: 617-357-8438
Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services
8 Winter Street, 11th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02108
617-482-2773
Fax: 617-451-6383
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
99 Chauncy Street, Suite 500
Boston, Massachusetts 02111-1722
617-357-0700 ext 321
Fax: 617-357-0777
National Consumer Law Center
77 Summer Street, 10th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
617-542-8010
Fax: 617-542-8028
Neighborhood Legal Services
37 Friend Street
Lynn, Massachusetts 01902
781-599-7730
Fax: 781-595-2022
South Coastal Counties Legal Services
22 Bedford Street
Fall River, Massachusetts 02722-2507
508-676-5022
Fax: 508-676-8657
Western Massachusetts Legal Services
One Monarch Place, Suite 400
Springfield, Massachusetts 01144-1099
413-781-7814
Fax: 413-746-3221
Click here for a full list of legal aid programs in Massachusetts by region.